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A knife sheath discovered next to one of the four Idaho students killed in November had DNA on it that matched DNA found on trash from the home of the criminology graduate student charged in the stabbings, investigators allege in court records released Thursday. Additionally, a phone registered to that man, Bryan Kohberger, was near the victims’ home at least 12 times between June and the day of the killings, according to an affidavit of probable cause. One of the surviving housemates saw a man dressed in black and wearing a mask leaving the home around 4 a.m. that day,...

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What does he do all day? Are you impressed with the image of Obama-at-work left by Ryan Lizza’s “Obama Memos” piece in the New Yorker? The President’s decision-making method–at least as described in the piece–seems to consist mainly of checking boxes on memos his aides have written for him. … They offer him four stimulus packages, none bigger than $890 billion. He does not ask for more but does push for an “inspiring ‘moon shot’” initiative. At first it’s a “national ‘smart grid’”–hard not to get inspired just hearing those words! When aides explain that this isn’t stimulating enough, he...

It's fun to speculate about what kind of dog the Obamas will get and to picture Malia and Sasha romping with their new pet on the White House lawn. But the Obamas should take this decision seriously. Millions of Americans will copy the first family, so they ought to choose a breed that could live happily in most American homes. The latest word is that they are leaning toward a Portugese water dog. [A moment of stunned silence, please.] A Portugese water dog? What can they be thinking? Is someone in the family a full-time fisherman who needs a diving...

Politicians use their wives in campaigns. It's just how politics is played in the 21st century. Hell, even George Washington probably got some political mileage out of Martha. However, to anyone in attendance at the Giuliani fundraiser at the Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan this evening, watching Judith Giuliani introduce her husband, the former mayor, it became clearer than ever that Rudy Giuliani has some serious female problems. Yes, we all know about his three marriages — and particularly about his very messy and public divorce from his second wife, Donna Hanover. The question going forward, however, is how does he...